Best of Lunch with the FT 2018 Who got stoned at Trump Tower? Who wants to buy Arsenal? Who was running a $125bn blockchain at 24? Have lunch again with Harrelson, Dangote and Buterin . . . Henry Kissinger: ‘We are in a very, very grave period’ The grand consigliere of American diplomacy talks about Putin, the new world order — and the meaning of Trump Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Lucy Kellaway grills the world’s ‘best teacher’ Andria Zafirakou on difficult kids, swearing in the classroom — and how she’s planning to spend her $1m prize Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Jordan Peterson: ‘One thing I’m not is naive’ The controversial psychologist on gender roles, his ‘multimedia empire’ and the problem with identity politics Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Writer Jan Morris on reporting from Everest and changing sex Travel has fuelled her outsized life. At 91, she reflects on the meaning of adventure Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina talks prison and protest The activist on the art of dissent, making movies with Madonna and winning over her biggest detractor Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin on the bitcoin bubble The coder on the highs and lows of being at the helm of one of the most successful cryptocurrencies Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 More from this Series ‘I’m not a crocodile’: Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa He spent decades at Mugabe’s side, but now he’s leader, what does Emmerson Mnangagwa plan? Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Woody Harrelson: ‘I had to go outside and fire up a hooter’ The Hollywood bad boy on ‘Star Wars’, getting stoned at Trump Tower — and his friendship with Mike Pence Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Sayaka Murata: ‘My parents don’t want to read my books’ Japan’s most radical new literary voice on taking aim at her country’s taboos Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Vitol’s Ian Taylor on deals with dictators Chairman of the biggest independent oil trader talks about the art of living dangerously Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on his ‘crazy’ $12bn project On his yacht in Lagos, he talks about his ambitious oil refinery — and his dream of buying Arsenal Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 Novelist Leïla Slimani: ‘Knowing how to talk is a great power’ Lullaby author on the French version of #Metoo and representing la Francophonie for Macron Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
